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# getting

«getting» in Mova's school dictionary: **Receiving or obtaining: "I'm getting a new bike."** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (-ing form of get: get, gets, got, got/gotten, getting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Receiving or obtaining: "I'm getting a new bike." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/getting/#m1)

2) Becoming: "It's getting dark." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/getting/#m2)

3) Arriving or moving: "We're getting home late." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/getting/#m3)

4) Understanding: "Are you getting this?" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/getting/#m4)

5) Fetching: "She's getting the milk." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/getting/#m5)

6) "Getting on" can mean how someone is doing or managing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/getting/#m6)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday speech "getting" often means "becoming": getting cold, getting better, getting older. In maths: "getting bigger" means increasing. Phrases: getting up, getting ready, getting better, getting on (well with), getting along, getting dressed.

### examples

- It's getting dark outside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/getting/#x1)
- I'm getting ready for school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/getting/#x2)
- Are you getting better? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/getting/#x3)
- We're getting a puppy! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/getting/#x4)
- The ice is getting thin, so stay off. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/getting/#x5)
- She is getting good at swimming. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/getting/#x6)
- They are getting on well together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/getting/#x7)
- He is getting up early tomorrow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/getting/#x8)
- "How's my old woman getting on?" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/getting/#x9)

### note

Double the t: get → getting. "Gotten" is American; British usually uses "got". In maths, "getting smaller by 2 each time" means subtract 2 each step.

### In the corpora

- [Job hunting means searching adverts and sending applications, often dozens before getting anywhere; many get no reply at all.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on/5/)
- [If prices rise and pay doesn't, a person is really getting poorer each year.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on/13/)
- [A welcome card from new neighbours is a friendly hello, and getting on with neighbours makes life easier.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home/18/)
- [Doctors have more patients than time, so getting an appointment can mean ringing early or waiting weeks.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/20-the-doctor-and-the-chemist/1/)
- [Getting feedback on your own work, then improving it yourself, is a good use if your school allows it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/11-school-rules-honesty-and-wrong-accusations/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «getting» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/getting/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.